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Kent County Court, Proceedings, 1718-1720
Volume 833, Page 28   View pdf image
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     28                                       March Court 1717
   His Lordship | Maryland Kent County Ss The Jurors for the Honble the
        at | Lord proprietarie & the body of Kent County afd on their Oath do
   Sarah Green | prsent that Sarah Green late of Worton Hundred in the County .
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afd the first day of September in the Year of our Lord one
   Thousand Seven hundred and Seventeen at Worton Hundred in the County afd
   & within the Jurisdiciõn of this Court & at divers other days & times as well
   before as after the fear of God before her eyes not having but by the Instigation
   of the devil did Commit fornication with a Certain person to the Jurors unknown
   to the high displeasure of Almighty God the evil & pernicious example of
   others against the peace of our Said Lord proprietarie his Rule & dignity
   & against the forme of an Act of Assembly of this province now in force in
   Such Cases made & provided &ca-    Johnson pr Dno prprietr. on the back of
   the preceeding Indictment was Endorsed as folls vizt. True bill John Evans foreman
   And A venry being Issued to Cause the afd Sarah to Answer the Indictmt.
   afd And the afd Sarah in her proper person appears to the afd Indictment —
   ordered by the Court here that the Said Sarah Green prove the person that
   Committed fornication with her but She denys on which She Saith that
   She Cannot gainsay the Indictment afd nor but that She is guilty of the
   fornication afd layd against her and thereon Submits to the Court~
   = Therefore it is Considered by the Court here vizt. this Twentieth day -
   of March Annoqe Domini One Thousand Seven hundred and Seventeen
   That the afd Sarah Green pay the Sume of Thirty Shillings Current
   money the fine for Committing the offence of fornication afd and also to
   pay the Cost on the Same to the officers of this Court~.
   ordered that the fine afd be delivered to the Sherf of Said County —
   which was accordingly done
   ordered by the Court here that the Sherf of Said County keep the afd Sarah
   Green In Custody untill She Shall pay the fees to the officers of this —
   Court on the premises afd
   His Lordship — | Kent County Ss The Jurors for the Honble the Lord pro:
        at | :prietarie & the body of Kent County on their Oath do —
   Eliza Dawson Servt. | prsent that Elizabeth Dawson Servt. to Mathias Day ye
   to Mathias Day - | tenth day of December Anno Domini One Thousand .
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Seven hundred and Seventeen at Shrewsbury Parish—
   in Kent County afd & within ye Jurisdiciõn of this Court did Committ fornication—
   with a Certain prson to ye Jurors unknown & thereby did Suffer herselfe to be
   begott with Child to the high displeasure of Almighty God to ye Evill Example
   of others against ye peace & Contrary to an Act of Assembly of this Province
   now in force in Such Cases made & provided &ca. Johnson pr Dño Propry ~
   on the back of the preceeding Indictment was Endorsed folls vizt. True
   bill by William Boyer foreman—
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